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Poor conditions, poor morale of Fukushima radiation clean-up workforce

Fukushima ‘decontamination’ workers threatened — We were punished if we tried to resist http://enenews.com/fukushima-decontamination-workers-threatened-we-were-punished-if-we-tried-to-resist
   January 9th, 2013
 (Subscription Only)  Title: CROOKED CLEANUP: Decontamination workers say cutting corners came naturally
Source:  THE ASAHI SHIMBUN 
Author: Compiled from reports by Tamiyuki Kihara and Toshio Tada
Date: January 09, 2013

[… Workers] cited a lack of training, unreasonable deadlines, threats of isolation, and persistent feelings that their efforts were pointless. […]

Asahi Shimbun reporters and the company have received more than 100 e-mails and phone calls from people involved in the decontamination project in Fukushima Prefecture. […]

50-year-old worker involved in decontaminating Tamura between Nov. 5 and Dec. 28 who was born in Fukushima Prefecture and graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo
“We were pressed to finish the work as quickly as possible”
“If we tried to resist, we would become isolated from other workers, although it did not reach the extent of losing the job”
“With sub-zero temperatures in the mountains, being placed in such circumstances would have led to feelings of loneliness among many people”
“Radiation levels returned even after we completed the work, so there was a sense that what we were doing was worthless”
“There will be no end to the shoddy work even if oversight is strengthened”

January 11, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Fukushima 2013